American Tongues

Wednesday

January 25, 2006

Noon-1:30PM

Anybody who lives in the U.S. knows the clichés about how people in the various parts of the country handle the English language. American Tongues is the first documentary to explore the impact of these linguistic attitudes in a fresh and exciting manner .

GRACE COOLIDGE, WATERMAN 501

Two Towns of Jasper

Monday

February 6, 2006

5PM-7PM

On June 7, 1998 , three white men from Jasper, Texas , chained African-American James Byrd to a pick-up truck and dragged him until his body disintegrated. This powerful documentary takes you to the white and black communities as it records their separate reactions to the most vicious racially motivated murder in the last 50 years.

MEMORIAL LOUNGE, WATERMAN 338

Nowhere in Africa

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

5PM-7PM

STAFF/FACULTY/GRAD STUDENT EVENT

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

For more information please email: alcook@uvm.edu

Discovering Dominga

Wednesday

March 1, 2006

Noon-1:30PM

Living in Iowa , Denese Becker was haunted by memories of her Mayan childhood. A quest for her lost identity in Guatemala turns into a searing journey of political awakening that reveals a genocidal crime and the still-unmet cry for justice from the survivors.

GRACE COOLIDGE, WATERMAN 501

Last Chance for Eden II

5PM-7PM

STAFF/FACULTY/GRAD STUDENT EVENT

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Last Chance for Eden II is about nine women and men who spend a weekend together in Ukiah , California confronting the issues of sexism on their lives and relationships. This is a follow-up presentation to last semester's discussion of Last Chance for Eden Part I.

For more information please email: alcook@uvm.edu

Of Civil Wrongs and Rights

Wednesday

April 12, 2006

Noon-1:30PM

Fred Korematsu resisted, and then challenged in court, the forced internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Korematsu lost his landmark Supreme Court case in 1944, but never his indignation and resolve. This is the untold history of the 40-year legal fight to vindicate Korematsu—one that finally turned a civil injustice into a civil rights victory

GRACE COOLIDGE, WATERMAN 501

Honorable Nations

Wednesday

November 30, 2005

Noon-1:30PM

For 99 years, the residents of Salamanca , N.Y. have rented the land under their homes for an average of $1/year form the Seneca Indians, under the terms of a lease imposed by Congress. Now, as the lease is about to expire, a century of bad business must be renegotiated. JOHN DEWEY LOUNGE, OLD MILL 325

--Explore these issues for yourself and discuss with others what they mean today--

For information on these films, contact Amanda Cook at the Center for Cultural Pluralism

E-mail: Amanda.Cook@uvm.edu Phone at 656-7990

These films are co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Multicultural Affairs